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Aunt Lucy
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
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"Aunt Lucy" was an elderly black woman, formerly enslaved, who lived at a contraband camp near Washington, D.C., possibly Camp Todd. She is mentioned in letters between Frances Miller Seward, her sister Lazette, and Emily Howland, a teacher at Camp Todd. Carol Faulkner, in her book Women's Radical Reconstruction, includes a letter exchange between Carrie Lacy and Emily Howland, in which Lacy describes "Aunt Lucy's" propensity to give to her family members and fellow contrabands what others give to her, including shoes and provisions.
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"Aunt Lucy" was an elderly black woman, formerly enslaved, who lived at a contraband camp near Washington, D.C., possibly Camp Todd. She is mentioned in letters between Frances Miller Seward, her sister Lazette, and Emily Howland, a teacher at Camp Todd. Carol Faulkner, in her book Women's Radical Reconstruction, includes a letter exchange between Carrie Lacy and Emily Howland, in which Lacy describes "Aunt Lucy's" propensity to give to her family members and fellow contrabands what others give to her, including shoes and provisions.